Uzbek farmers are on the front lines of an ambitious state-led winemaking drive in the majority-Muslim country. A decree published by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s office in February calls for an increase in wine exports of more than 60 percent by the end of 2021, aiming to cultivate varieties from France, Italy, Chile and the United States, along with the traditional varieties native to the former Soviet countries of the Caucasus.

A suicide bomber has killed at least 14 people and wounded 60 at the entrance to Kabul international airport on Sunday, officials said, as scores gathered to welcome home Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum from exile. Senior government officials, political leaders and supporters were leaving the airport after greeting the powerful ethnic Uzbek leader and former warlord when the explosion happened.

The Uzbek immigrant who killed eight people in New York’s worst attack since September 11, 2001 planned the assault for weeks. Neighbors of the suspect in New Jersey reacted with shock and horror, saying that they knew little about the man.

Police confirms the Uzbek who killed eight people in New York acted in the name of the Islamic State group and that he had lived in Tampa, Florida, and had recently been staying in New Jersey, where the truck was rented.